Daily Gifts

It is so easy to  get wrapped up in the day to day activities of life that at times become mundane missing all of the gifts that God places in our day.  A beautiful sunrise, a newborn baby, a clean bill of health, or our children laughing become part of the "ordinary" when in fact God is behind each and every one of those things.   

"...When each day is the same as the next, it's because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises."  -- Paulo Coelho

I love the lyrics by Charlie Hall in his song Scenes.   It is my prayer that each and everything in my day will lift my mind to God. 


Chill and cold and flakes of snow
Ice and sleet, and frost and cold
Each storm cloud and thunderbolt
Lifts my mind to You

Every work and every power
Every second of every hour
Fall of dew in sweet rain showers
Lifts my mind to You

The summer wind, fire and heat
Autumn leaves and blooms of spring
Ocean waves and mountain streams
Lifts my mind to you

I see you in every scene
I bet you are thinking about me
I have such a short memory
So you keep reminding me of you

As I lay me down to sleep
As I walk on city streets
As I laugh with friends and feast
It lifts my mind to you

As my children play and run
In the news with wars and guns
In the church where songs are sung
It lifts my mind to you

Deep inside the beggar's eyes
As for sweet love I fight
On the radio at night
It lifts my mind to you

I see you in every scene
I bet you are thinking about me
I have such a short memory
So you keep reminding me of you

Painting pictures of your love
You lift my mind up
Reminding me of you
My heart comes alive